LSU linebacker Devin White spent the Sunday after the win over Southeastern doing what he normally does: watching film on LSU's next opponent.

This week, that meant pulling out his iPad and watching No. 7 Auburn.

Sunday was when White turned his full attention, but LSU's analysts -- a group of off-field assistants tasked with scouting future opponents -- have looked at Auburn since the summer. Something LSU didn't have last year.

"I've been able to watch cut ups of Auburn for a long time now," White said on Monday (Sept. 10). "That helps the players as well."

White said the influx of analysts into the program has helped with game preparation this season. While the analysts had Auburn's film broken down, White said he thinks defensive coordinator Dave Aranda has been game-prepping for Auburn for longer.

Any edge LSU can find will go a long way in preparing for an offense as powerful as Auburn's.

While LSU's offense ranks last in the SEC this season, Auburn's is sixth in the SEC at 495.5 yards per game. Auburn rushes for 288 yards per contest, which is third-best in the conference and 16th overall in the country through the first two weeks of the season.

"They're going to come out on the perimeter," LSU coach Ed Orgeron said Monday. "They're' going to want to throw screens, throw sweeps and try to get you tired.

"They'll come pound you and as soon as they pound you they're going to try and throw over your head. That's the way the guy (Gus Malzahn) has been all his career. He's been successful, and we expect the same thing."

LSU is preparing for Auburn's quick-pace offense. In a season-opening 21-16 win over Washington, Auburn ran 81 plays and then ran 73 against Alabama A&M last week.

LSU defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko said the team is preparing for a quick paced week, with the scout-team offense sending two sets of offenses at the starting defense in order to get them ready.

"We have to control the game as a defense not letting up big plays," Fehoko said.

The strength of Auburn's attack is in its run game, and that happens to be what LSU has thrived in defending so far this season.

LSU is allowing an SEC-best 1.9 yards per carry through two games and Auburn hasn't been able to break the long play in the run game with a long of just 26.

But the LSU players respect what Auburn coach Gus Malzahn can do on offense, but they are just as confident in Aranda's ability to counter.

"It's a simple fact of, Coach Gus can draw up a lot of plays but Coach Aranda, he can fit up a lot of different things," White said. "I think it'll be a good battle between us and them."

Quarterback Jarrett Stidham leads the Auburn attack. He's thrown for 386 yards and two touchdowns this season while completing 68.1 percent of his throws.

Fehoko and Stidham are friends, going back to their high school days. Fehoko and Stidham were both committed to Texas Tech before Stidham flipped to Baylor. He transferred from Baylor after the 2015 season and spent a season at a junior college not plyaing football before transferring to Auburn.

Fehoko said he texted Stidham about a month ago saying he was looking forward to the matchup.

"Good field general. Credit to him," Fehoko said of Stidham. "Look what he did last year. I think he's a great player but I think we have a defense. We each have to take steps forward and play to our potential."

Auburn's rushing game has been a multi-faceted attack so far this season with three players having rushed for 120 yards or more and seven players rushing for a touchdown.

According to White, the key against Auburn will be the defense starting fast - something LSU did not do a year ago. Auburn jumped out to a 20-0 lead before LSU stormed back for a 27-23 victory.

"We came out against Miami three and out," White said. "We thrive off that and I think the offense gets momentum off that."

In order to start fast, LSU will have to a higher level of intensity than what they had against Southeastern. Orgeron admitted that feeling the Tigers started with against Miami was not there against the Lions - and that has to change if LSU wants to beat Auburn.

"We're going to need to have that intensity and more throughout the whole game," Orgeron said. "This is a better football team than Miami. We know that. It's a big rivalry for the LSU Tigers. It's SEC play. It's physical football. It's going to take our best to beat them."